Amanda Fox Sloan, 30, was fleeing in a silver BMW by driving 80 mph when she fired a shot back at a police officer who was pursuing her in a patrol car at 10:30 p.m. Sunday. The shooting happened near Soquel High School on Old San Jose Road.

"After passing Soquel High School, the female driver reached out of the sunroof and fired one shot at the first pursuing officer," Det. Sara Ryan said.

Sunday's high-speed chase happened after an officer pulled Sloan over on the 1800 block of 41st Avenue in Capitola.

Police said Sloan screamed at the officer and fled north on 41st Avenue, southbound on Highway 1, and exited the freeway at Porter Street.

Sloan's husband, 28-year-old Jeffrey Smith, was slain on Aug. 16 outside the couple's house on the 300 block of Nicasio Way in the Soquel Hills.

Sheriff's detectives said they suspect Smith's killer may have been Colin Sean Tisdale, 49, who is currently behind bars in the Santa Cruz County Jail. Tisdale has not been charged in the homicide and is currently being held on drug charges.

According to Smith's obituary, he graduated from Soquel High School in 2002 and became an auto mechanic. The day before he was slain, Smith went to Tisdale's house to repair one of his cars, Sloan said during an August interview with KSBW's Phil Gomez.

Sloan the night Smith was slain, he went outside with a flashlight to investigate because he heard someone walking around at 3 a.m. Smith was shot, and Sloan said she ran outside. As Smith lay dying in her arms, he used his last words to name Tisdale, Sloan said.

No suspects have been formally charged yet in Smith's death.

Sloan had run-ins with the law before her husband was killed. On May 15, she was in the Seacliff neighborhood of Aptos when she hit a Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputy with a handcuff that was attached to her wrist. Sloan was convicted and was scheduled to begin her jail sentence in January 2013.

Sloan now faces new charges, including attempted homicide on a police officer.

Anyone with information on Sloan or sees her is urged to call 911 immediately.